precipitation
The amount of water precipitated in any form.
Other meanings
A hurried headlong fall.
A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
Related words
- nonprecipitation
- palaeoprecipitation
- photoprecipitation
- precipitationless
- superprecipitation
- acid precipitation
- aptaprecipitation
- aptoprecipitation
- bioprecipitation
- co-precipitation
- coprecipitation
- cryoprecipitation
Word history
From Latin "praecipitatio" (praecipitātiō, praecipitātiōnem).
Where this comes from
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